"We suspected his Newbury run wasn't right. He was a bit fractious that day, the ground was sticky and his work rider had told us he wasn't the same horse on that sort of ground.

"He's a lovely progressive horse who is in the right hands. I haven't caught up with Sir Michael yet but I will do this week to decide where he goes.

"He stayed 12 furlongs really well, I wasn't certain he would but he did, which is great.

"We will have to see where his rating goes now. He won that off 87 so I expect he'll be trundling up to the mid-90s which might leave us something to have a bash at before we look to pick up some black type.".